Volume 1 Chapter 3.5 - Shimizu-sans Bentō
Shimizu-san’s Bentō 5
“Err, Shimizu-san? It’s hard for me to eat with you staring at me like that.
“Hondō, are you okay? Are you forcing yourself to eat that? “
I just said what I was thinking.
“I’m a little scared of that question. Does this ginger pork have any seasonings that you normally don’t put in? “
“I didn’t put anything like that but… I mean, Hondō, did you really feel nothing after eating that ginger pork? “
When Ai tasted it for the first time, she told me that ginger pork could express despair.
“I don’t know. I like ginger pork, so I ate it with anticipation… “
As I have heard before, Hondō seems to have been a ginger pork lover. But that’s not the answer I want to hear now.
“If you don’t like it, you can say it tastes bad.”
“Why? I wouldn’t say that. Especially after you gave me the bentō you made, Shimizu-san.”
“You, why did you think I made it…? “